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the government had thought of easing the restrictions between December 23 and 27, to allow families to celebrate the Christmas. But the British Prime Minister Boris johnson announced the change of pace specifically for London and south-east England, areas that will be subject to measurements serious due to increased infections due to the circulation of a new variant of coronavirus drawn in southeastEngland. The tightening also approaches in Welsh me Scotland, which respectively from midnight today and from December 26 enter emergency shutdown, revoking the milder measures provided for holidays. Edinburgh also introduced a travel ban in the rest of UK. Announcing these rules “makes me want to cry,” said the Scottish premier Nicola sturgeon, quoted by Bbc, “But this virus is only concerned with spreading as quickly as possible,” he continued, noting that the new variant of covid more contagious has also taken over Scotland.
“It is not yet clear if it is more lethal” – To determine the abrupt change in the course of the restrictions were the data relative toRt spread of infections COVID-19 in Britain, which yesterday returned for the first time since last month above the danger threshold 1 (1.1-1.2 compared to the previous 0.9-1), beyond which the contagion begins to be exponential. The index had fallen below level 1 as a result of the emergency shutdown national bis imposed on England until December 2, then it went back up. And it is precisely the new variant of the coronavirus that the British premier Boris Johnson The greater spread of infections was blamed – today 27,052 while the victims are 534 -, specifying that it could be “transmissible up to 70% more”. the December 14th and then himwho claimed to have no evidence that he behaved differently than SARS-CoV-2. But today the British authorities informed theWorld Health Organization that the new variant can circulate more quickly although, said the head of the health authority in UK Chris Whitty, “It is not yet clear if it is more lethal.”
Johnson eliminates holiday slack – “Christmas it won’t be as expected, “he said Johnson, specifying that the input of London and the east and south east of England at level four will be effective tomorrow. In these areas on the day of Christmas you will not be able to meet people outside the core family. In the rest of the country, the possibility of reuniting up to three families is limited to the day of Christmas, instead of the five days initially expected. There will be no relaxation of the rules for the night of New Year and the rules will remain in effect until December 30, when they will be revised. Johnson hoped that the restrictions imposed in November would reduce the circulation virus, allowing relaxation to Christmas. But that was not the case and theEngland had to align itself with most European countries, which are deciding new ones these days restrictions. Just three days ago, the prime minister said it would be “inhumane” to think about “canceling Christmas”, but today he expressed “deep regret”, explaining that “when the facts change, we have to change our approach.”
Previous – At the end of October, another new variant had been identified thanks to studies carried out by Swiss and Spanish researchers, respectively from the University of Basel and the Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia. In fact, scholars had identified a new variant of Sars-CoV-2 which in early summer had begun to spread to many European countries, probably with the complicity of tourism in spain. The new variant identified is called 20A.EU1 in the summer that it was present in Spain and then in September it was found between 40 and 70 percent of the cases detected in Switzerland, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Later it also spread to Norway, Latvia, Holland and France and Italy. me
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